Authors

James K. Beggan is a professor of sociology at the University of Louisville.

Howard Adelman is assistant professor and director of the Program in Jewish Studies at Smith College.

Mark Horowitz is an associate professor of sociology at Seton Hall University.

Tara García Mathewson is a reporter at CalMatters and The Markup, where she primarily investigates the use of technology in education. Sign up for CalMatters’ newsletter.

Robert M. Kaplan is a faculty member at Stanford University’s Clinical Excellence Research Center. He is a former associate director of the National Institutes of Health and a former chief science officer for the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He previously served as editor in chief for two academic journals.

Sigman Byrd is an associate teaching professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Matthew W. Finkin is an emeritus professor of law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is an author, with Robert C. Post, of For the Common Good: Principles of American Academic Freedom.

Sarah Huddleston is a reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education. Email her at sarah.huddleston@chronicle.com.

Theo Scheer is a reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education. Email him at theo.scheer@chronicle.com.